Professor Kevin Zhang
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Department: STEM College
Campus: City Campus Australia
kevin.zhang@rmit.edu.au
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- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Prof Kevin Guomin Zhang is an expert in sustainable construction and asset management, with more than 25 years experience in teaching and research and industry engagement.
Dr. Zhang is a Professor in the School of Engineering at RMIT University. He has a proven track record of academic and research leadership in construction engineering and management, with special interest in sustainable construction and asset management, supported by digitalized engineering and life cycle assessment. He has led and participated in a large number of research projects with total funding over $25 million including ARC linkage project, CRC projects and industry sponsored projects, with collaborators across industry, governments and universities in Australia and overseas. He has authored more than 320 publications including more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals. He has supervised 30 PhD students to successful completions.
As the coordinators of several core courses in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, he is a strong advocator of blended learning and authentic assessment and achieved excellent CES results. As the program manager for BH077 Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (Honours) – the largest single degree undergraduate program at RMIT University from 2011 to 2016, he led the program rationalisation which reduced program teaching loads without sacrificing quality. From 2016 to 2023 as the Associate Dean – Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, he led the discipline to achieve many successes such as continuously improved CES, more than doubled research incomes and high staff satisfaction. He was the Chair of the Academic Workload Committee in the School of Engineering in 2020-2021. He is elected to be a member in the Academic Board at RMIT University starting from January 2022. From Dec 2023 to April 2025, he was the Deputy Dean - Research and Innovation in the School of Engineering. At present, he is the Dean, School of Engineering, responsible for School operations, academic staff leadership, teaching and research performance, and external engagement in line with University and College strategy and objectives.
Industry experience:
- Working with local councils and industry companies such as Melbourne City Council, Kingston City Council and Brimbank City Council in sustainable asset management
- Working with industry companies such as Multiplex and Hansen Yuncken in lower carbon construction, BIM and project risk management
- Working with local governments such as City of Yarra in kerbside glass waste recycling
- Working with industry companies such as Robert Bird Group in modular design and construction
Research fields
- 400504 Construction engineering
- 400505 Construction materials
- 400508 Infrastructure engineering and asset management
- 400599 Civil engineering not elsewhere classified
- 330202 Building construction management and project planning
- 330204 Building information modelling and management
- 330201 Automation and technology in building and construction
Supervisor projects
- A Circular Economy Construction Material Bank for Dynamic Emission Assessment
- 16 Apr 2026
- Advancing Sustainability of Modular Housing in Australia through BIM Integrated Digital Technologies: A Pathway to Net-Zero Carbon Homes
- 18 Mar 2026
- Stochastic Modeling and Assessment of Carbon Emissions in Carbon-Neutral Structures Using a Physics-Informed and Data-Driven Approach
- 23 Dec 2025
- Climate - Resilient Smart Groundwater Recharge Solutions for Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
- 28 Oct 2025
- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for the Management of Airport Pavements in the Australian Context
- 9 Oct 2025
- Developing innovative light weight floor system for modular building by using cold-formed steel and concrete
- 16 Jun 2025
- Smart Construction Using BIM in Structural Engineering: Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Construction Techniques
- 2 May 2025
- Investigating potential use of construction and demolition waste as a raw material for the development of sustainable binder
- 9 Apr 2025
- Whole Life Design of Carbon Neutral Infrastructure
- 3 Dec 2024
- Advancing Transportation Infrastructure Resilience through AI-Driven Decision Intelligence
- 3 Dec 2024
- AI-Based Optimization of Timber Structure Lifespan and Maintenance
- 28 Nov 2024
- Assessment of carbon neutrality of structures
- 10 Sep 2024
- Developing a concrete-filled cold-formed steel (CFCFS) walls for modular building
- 23 Aug 2024
- IoT Technology Integration for Advancing Material Circularity in Construction Projects
- 14 Mar 2024
- Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis for Building Green Retrofit
- 15 Jan 2024
- Multi-Objective Optimization for Residential Building Retrofit: Applying Metamodel and Simulation-Based Methods in Different Climatic Conditions
- 12 Sep 2023
- Sustainable Criterion Selection Framework for Green Construction Materials Utilized in Cement/Concrete Applications
- 18 May 2023
- Recycling and Reuse of Aerated Bricks
- 20 Mar 2023
- Robotic Intelligence for Construction Waste Sorting
- 30 Jan 2023
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)-based asset management and maintenance planning
- 27 Jan 2023
- Automatic Identification of Onsite Resources Using Sensing Technologies
- 29 Nov 2022
- Automation system for prefabricated construction through multi-criteria decision-making approach
- 23 Nov 2022
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)-based asset management and maintenance planning
- 4 Oct 2022
- A Framework to Investigate the Evacuation Decision-making of Coastal Communities in Sri Lanka
- 16 Aug 2022
- BIM enabled decision-making toolkit for optimised green design and construction
- 28 Jun 2022
- An Integrated Framework for Achieving Sustainability in Road Pavement.
- 20 Jan 2022
- Structural Integrity of Prefabricated Volumetric Modular Building (PVMB) System
- 12 Jan 2022
- Optimal Design of Prefabricated Timber Flooring System Based on Structural Performance
- 1 Oct 2021
- Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development in Coastal Areas: Interactive Building Facade with Low-Cost Phase Change Material
- 5 Mar 2021
- Investigating the Sustainability of Modern Construction Practices Focusing on Prefabricated Construction
- 23 Nov 2020
- A Sustainable Approach to the Utilisation of Non-Clinical Medical Waste and Food Waste in Concrete Applications
- 11 Nov 2020
- Enhancing Occupational Safety through Vision-based Integrative Technologies in the Construction and Building Industry
- 16 Jan 2020
- A Novel Nanocomposite for Building Façades
- 30 Oct 2019
- Modelling of Meta-Concrete Structures Manufactured by 3D Printing
- 15 Oct 2019
- Enhancing Construction Workforce Safety through Formulating an Augmented Reality Digital Twin System
- 26 Jul 2019
- Life-Cycle Sustainability Analysis of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste to Achieve Circular Economy
- 25 Jul 2019
- Measuring Kerbside Waste Material Loop Process on Social, Environmental, and Economic Aspects to Achieve Circular Economy
- 8 Apr 2019
- Ventilation Performance of a Solar Chimney in Naturally Ventilated Multiple Chambers
- 2 Jan 2019
- A Conceptual Management Framework for Improving the Lifting And Implementation of Prefabricated Construction in the Australian Context
- 7 Dec 2018
- Hybrid and Ensemble-based Time Series Transfer Learning for Building Energy Consumption Prediction
- 26 Feb 2018
- Optimization of Building Façade from a Life Cycle Perspective: An Integration of BIM-enabled LCA and Energy Simulation Tool
- 30 Oct 2017
- Framework for Improving the Operation and Maintenance of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project in China
- 28 Aug 2017
- Measuring the social, environmental and economic consequences of bridge failure due to natural disasters
- 1 Aug 2016
- A Decision-making Framework to Select a Public-Private Partnership Scheme for Infrastructure Development in Vietnam
- 29 Feb 2016
- A Methodology for Optimised Energy Retrofitting of Higher Educational Buildings
- 16 Jun 2014
- A systematic stakeholder management framework for managing public private partnership projects in Australia
- 22 Jul 2013
- Synthetic Damage Curves for Concrete Girder Bridge Decks Under Flood Hazard
- 22 Jul 2013
- Understanding the Impact Between safety Investment and Accident Cost in Hong Kong Construction Industry: Regression Model Analysis
- 16 Jul 2012
- Building Retrofitting Technologies Using an Innovative Prioritization Model for Energy Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness
- 16 Jul 2012
Teaching interests
Supervisor interest areas:
- Waste recycling and reproduction
- Modular design and construction
- Infrastructure Asset Management
- Innovative procurement methods
- Lower carbon construction
- The application of digital technologies in the building and construction sector
Supervisor projects:
- Optimization of Building Façade from a Life Cycle Perspective: An Integration of BIM-enabled LCA and Energy Simulation Tool
- Ontology-based Automated Environmental Emissions and Impacts Evaluation of Building Construction
- RFID enabled prefabrication for minimizing risk construction waste and improving productivity
- BIM enabled decision-making toolkit for optimized green building design and construction
- Sustainable lifecycle system of kerbside glass recycling and reproduction
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)-based asset management and maintenance planning
- Life cycle assessment study on a hemp concrete building
- Lightweight concrete materials for prefabricated modular construction
- Energy efficiency and sustainable development in coastal areas
- A systematic stakeholder management framework for managing public private partnership projects in Australia
- Synthetic Damage Curves for Concrete Girder Bridge Decks Under Flood Hazard
- A Tool for Optimised Energy Retrofitting of Higher Educational Buildings
- Understanding the Impact Between safety Investment and Accident Cost in Hong Kong Construction Industry: Regression Model Analysis
- BIM-base Strategies to Promote Sustainable Construction-A systematic Approach
- Decision-making Framework to Select a Public-Private Partnership Scheme for Infrastructure Development in Vietnam
- Development of short term and peak energy prediction models using ensemble and deep learning neural networks
- Measuring the social, environmental and economic consequences of bridge failure due to natural disasters
- Framework for Improving the Operation and Maintenance of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project in China
Courses:
CIVE1149 - Construction Management
CIVE1217 - Engineering Economics and Infrastructure Planning
OENG1117 - Risk and Project Management
Research interests
Research keywords:
Sustainable Construction, Asset Management, Building Information Modelling, Life Cycle Assessment, Construction and Demolition Waste, Modular Construction, Energy Efficient and Renewable Technologies, Project Risk Management
